This Viral List Captures Just A Few Reasons Why Amy Coney Barrett Maybe Wasn't The Best SCOTUS Pick - Blavity

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This Viral List Captures Just A Few Reasons Why Amy Coney Barrett Maybe Wasn't The Best SCOTUS Pick - Blavity

For weeks, there has been widespread outcry over the decision by Republican lawmakers to push Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court just one week before a pivotal election. On top of the fact that Republicans are breaking their own rules to appoint Barrett and that the ceremony to announce her nomination led to dozens of coronavirus infections, many have complained about her lack of experience. Barrett is one of the least experienced people to ever be appointed a Supreme Court justice, according to Mother Jones and other news outlets, which found that she has never even tried a case in the U.S. Supreme Court. Congratulations to Amy Coney Barrett for being less qualified for the Supreme Court than I am for higher education pic.twitter.com/lumadRECAf — Cam (@cameron_kasky) October 27, 2020 Thousands of people on Twitter shared a graphic from an MSNBC broadcast showing Barrett's lack of qualifications. Mother Jones reported the 48-year-old is the least experienced person to be...

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Meet the entrepreneur inspiring Black women to redo their backyards - DefenderNetwork.com

When the coronavirus hit, shutting down businesses and confining people to their homes, Tara Paige decided to find a way to keep herself busy, by tapping into her love of outdoors to redo her backyard. 'The pandemic made us all stop and look around at some of those things that, you know, we've

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

He's not running, but Morales looms large in Bolivia vote - Black News Channel

By CARLOS VALDEZ and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Even in exile, Evo Morales looms over Bolivia's election next month. National rifts that contributed to chaos in Bolivia in 2019 threaten to destabilize the Oct. 18 vote and its aftermath nearly one year after

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Roger Street Friedman "Poison In The Cut" Single - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… biases that have held the African American community down. Ongoing discrimination in … who is standing with the African American community in this movement, envisions …

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Benefits of Tutoring: 3 Reasons to Get Your Child a Tutor.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Now more than ever, you might find yourself worried about your child falling behind educationally. Between the ongoing global pandemic disrupting the ability to hold traditional classes in many places and schools relying on virtual learning, you may find your child is struggling

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Source: ThyBlackMan

What You May Not Have Noticed About Lizzo's Amazing Vogue Cover

We're crying cuz we love this.

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Biden: Justice Must Come For Breonna Taylor, But 'Violence Is Never Acceptable'

The Democratic presidential nominee spoke about a grand jury's decision to not charge any officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor in a botched raid.

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2020 is the Year Trump Was Worried About - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… of police killings of unarmed Black Americans has triggered anguished protests and … Breonna Taylor and other unarmed African-Americans have sparked mass protests and … witnesses as rats; calling prominent African Americans stupid and scapegoating immigrants as …

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Source: Politics, Policy, Political News - POLITICO

Notable dissents from Judge Amy Coney Barrett - L.A. Focus Newspaper

If confirmed, Barrett, a conservative jurist appointed by Trump in 2017 to the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals, will certainly tilt the high court further rightward for years to

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

COVID-19 aid remains stymied in Congress | New Pittsburgh Courier

byCharlene Crowell For New Pittsburgh Courier As of mid-September, at least 197,000 people died from COVID-19 according to Johns Hopkins University. Beyond these fatalities, the number of COVID-related cases diagnoses reached 6.5 million people and continues to rise. Beyond the health

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Why Mike Tyson Says He'll Be Voting for the First Time In November's Election

Mike Tyson has never voted in his 54 years of life, but that will change this Nov. 3 when people in the United States head to the polls for the general

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1963 church bombing survivor seeks apology, restitution - Black News Channel

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press More than a dozen sticks of dynamite planted by Ku Klux Klansmen exploded at a Birmingham church in 1963, killing four Black girls. The 'fifth little girl,' Sarah Collins Rudolph, survived but still has shards of glass in her body from the blast that took her

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College Journalism Network expands, announces new partnerships - Black Voice News

The CalMatters College Journalism Network will double in size this fall, offering paid fellowships to a diverse cohort of 14 student journalists from campuses across California. We launched the network earlier this year with a two-part mission: improve CalMatters’ higher education coverage by

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

In-Person Office Work Will Return, Survey Finds

Don’t get too used to working from home.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Former LAPD Sergeant on Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron: ‘He Is Skinfolk, Not Kinfolk’

After the announcement that the Kentucky police officers who shot EMT worker Breonna Taylor won’t be directly charged for her death, protesters have taken to the streets and social media…

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Democrats’ politics are still on the plantation – Florida Courier

When Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Renatha Francis to the state’s Supreme Court, he made history. She would have become the first non-Cuban of Caribbean heritage to sit on the court and the first Black justice since former Justice Peggy Quince

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Source: Florida Courier

Reagan Gomez Says White Actresses With Similar Roles Are Paid Three Times More Than Her

Gomez vented via Twitter about the pay gap in Hollywood.

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Source: MadameNoire

Tufton signs contracts for two additional field hospitals

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, today broke ground and signed contracts for the establishment of two additional field hospitals, in response to the treatment and hospitalisation of COVID-19 patients. One of the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Queen Latifah, American Lung Association To Host Fundraiser For Black And Brown Communities Impacted By COVID-19

Queen Latifah is teaming up with the American Lung Association to host a fundraiser for Black and Latinx communities significantly impacted by the pandemic.

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Source: NewsOne

Opinion: Lincoln's approach to a tough election could teach Trump a few things - L.A. Focus Newspaper

At the end of August 1864, with a bitterly contested presidential election less than three months away, Lincoln had good reason to believe he would lose his bid for a second

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

No investigation ongoing into how Lusignan prisoners were infected with COVID-19 - Stabroek News

Prison authorities are not investigating how the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) entered the Lusignan Prison, where more than one hundred inmates were infected. The article No investigation ongoing into how Lusignan prisoners were infected with COVID-19 appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Timely gift - Marks praises US donation of field hospital, supplies

WASHINGTON, DC: Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, has thanked the United States government for donating a 70-bed mobile field hospital to Jamaica, saying it is a timely gift that will help fight the coronavirus, especially...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Kenya: High Court Puts Brakes on Maraga's Advisory to Dissolve Parliament

[Nation] The High Court has suspended the implementation of Chief Justice David Maraga's advisory to President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament.

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Source: allAfrica.com

U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 - Dallas Examiner

The Texas Tribune U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the high court, died Friday due to complications from cancer. Nominated in 1993 by former President Bill

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Miss Juneteenth star Nicole Beharie: ‘Black people are not monolithic’

… honorary south Londoner) and an African-American father in the Foreign Service … Day – the day when enslaved African Americans in Texas finally found out … a stark reminder that while African Americans celebrate freedom on this day …

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Source: News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition | The Guardian

Virginia governor, wife test positive for coronavirus - TheGrio

The governor of Virginia and his wife have both tested positive for the coronavirus, a new statement revealed. Read More:... View Article The post Virginia governor, wife test positive for coronavirus appeared first on TheGrio.

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Illinois senators urge residents to fill out census as soon as possible | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Despite a lower court ruling extending the census deadline, Democratic members of the Illinois Senate are urging residents to complete their census forms as soon as possible. There’s a possibility this decision could be overturned on appeal and this extended window could be cut short. “While

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Amid controversial visit to Jamaica, Kanye West visits Haiti | New York Carib News

On Friday, Haitian President Jovenel Moise announced on Twitter that American rap star and third-party U.S. presidential candidate Kanye West visited Haiti.

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Source: The New York Carib News

Defender introduces State of BLACK virtual series - DefenderNetwork.com

With the national political scene shining bright, the Defender thought it fitting to turn the focus on the home front—Houston, Harris County, and the state—and have a series of conversations with top lawmakers via the State of BLACK series. Sponsored by the Defender Network, the State of BLACK

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

UWI students to benefit from grant to support remote learning

(CMC): The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant of US$200,000 to assist students across the region who lack access to technological devices and internet to support remote learning in the wake of the COVID-19...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

As Texas college towns emerge as coronavirus hot spots, universities try to keep students from infecting locals - Dallas Examiner

By EMMA PLATOFF, SHAWN MULCAHY and ANNA NOVAK The Texas Tribune In Texas – as around the country – college towns are emerging as new hot spots for the coronavirus, with cases surging

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

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